Just an update to my issue with my locked up EVGA 780. EVGA did replace it under warranty. I had about 47 days left out of my 3 year warranty. I received another 780 exactly like what I had except the new one (i see no signs of it being a refurb) has Elpida memory instead of Samsung. ASIC quality is also lower, 72.8%. But it works, so I am happy.

Hey, so I can grab an Asus GTX 780 DCII for $170(Canadian) which is pretty decent. I can get $120 for my 7970 later on, so it would be $50 out of pocket. Like 99% sure I'm going to do it for the reduction in fan noise alone compared to my reference 7970(anything above 50% is annoying). I'm only running an HP monitor at 1680x1050 and won't upgrade until I find something with similar PQ without spending a grand. Sound good?

Won't bother overclocking much probably just kill Boost and run it at an even 1Ghz or something.

For comparison most people are asking 300+ for 970s\290 etc and GTX 960 is 250+, RX 480 is 350+ new.Edited by Horsemama1956 - 7/6/16 at 12:31pm

Guys please help! I know it's in this thread somewhere but I cannot find it. How do I turn off the LLC hack once enabled? Also, are we still using Afterburner to do the softmod and then go beyond that with voltages or can we do it with some other overclocking software like evga precision? Thanks.

Guys please help! I know it's in this thread somewhere but I cannot find it. How do I turn off the LLC hack once enabled? Also, are we still using Afterburner to do the softmod and then go beyond that with voltages or can we do it with some other overclocking software like evga precision? Thanks.